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University of Miami

Coral reef restoration

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Chris Langdon, left, professor of marine biology and ecology at the University of Miami, and Vivek Prakash, right, assistant professor of physics, observe the growth of young mountainous star corals, as part of a study they conducted for five months to see if tiles enhanced with sodium carbonate could help spur coral growth and survivorship.

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Joshua Prezant/University of Miami

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